King James Version
Genesis 32:30 in the King James Version says “And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Peniel: that ...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Peniel: that is, The face of God”
Genesis 32:30 · KJV
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Israel: that is, A prince of God
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Peniel: that is, The face of God
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“of the place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
“Peniel”
H6439penuel or peniel, a place east of jordan; also (as penuel) the name of two israelites
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for I have seen”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and my life”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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